Issue tracking and project management · Comparison
Asana vs ClickUp vs Jira vs monday dev
4 products compared side by side: what you pay for with each one first, then the five access facts, entry prices, recorded plan limits and the bottom line of each review. The evidence note under the table says how each product was checked.
Side by side
| Metric | Asana | ClickUp | Jira | monday dev |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What you're paying for | Worth the priceUnlimited automation rules, free guests and timelines on the entry paid plan, at $274.75 a month for 25 people billed annually. | Worth the priceTasks, docs, chat and sprints in one workspace, free for unlimited members and $175 a month for 25 people on Unlimited, billed yearly. | Compliance includedIssue tracking with data residency, a self-serve HIPAA BAA and site audit logs on its entry paid plan, at $204.17 a month for 25 people billed annually. | Worth the priceSprints, backlogs and bug tracking on monday’s boards, with unlimited free viewers on every plan, from $225 a month for 25 seats billed annually. |
| Overall score | 7.4 | 8.2 | 8.7Best | 5.7 |
| Free option | Free plan | Free plan | Free plan | 14-day free trial |
| Card to start | –Not measured | –Not measured | No card needed | No card needed |
| Getting access | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve | Self-serve |
| Starter priceCheapest paid plan | $10.99/user/mo | $7/user/mo | $9.70/user/mo | $9/seat/mo |
| Pricing model | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat | Per seat |
| Pricing page | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices | Public prices |
| Free plan | 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects | Unlimited members and tasks, 60 MB storage | Up to 10 users, unlimited work items | None for monday dev; 14-day Pro trial |
| 25 people, billed annually | $274.75/mo (Starter, 25 × $10.99) | $175/mo (Unlimited, 25 × $7) | $204.17/mo (Standard, $2,450 a year) | $225/mo (Basic, 25-seat bucket × $9) |
| 25 people, billed monthly | $337.25/mo (25 × $13.49) | $250/mo (25 × $10) | $242.50/mo (25 × $9.70) | $300/mo (25 × $12) |
| Automation on the entry paid plan | Unlimited rules | 500 active rules, 1,000 automation executions | 400 steps per user a month | From Standard (250 actions a month) |
| Guests on the entry paid plan | Unlimited, free | Guest seats included (5, plus 2 per paid user); read-only guests unlimited | Free, no paid seat | From Standard (each group of 4 guests uses a seat) |
| SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 | Both | Both | Both | Both |
| HIPAA BAA | Enterprise+ (opt-in) | Enterprise (contact sales) | Self-serve on Standard and Premium | Enterprise |
| Data residency | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ (Europe, Australia, Japan) | Enterprise (US, EU, Singapore or Australia), no extra charge | Standard and up, 11 locations incl. EU | US, EU or APAC region set by account location; EU-only hosting on Enterprise |
| SAML SSO | Enterprise | Enterprise | Atlassian Guard Standard ($1,100 a year for 16–25 users) or Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Audit log | Enterprise add-on or Enterprise+ | Enterprise (60 days of history) | Site changes on Standard; user activity on Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Data export | CSV and PDF; full JSON export on Enterprise+ | Task data as CSV with attachment links | Site backup with attachments | Account export of all boards with files |
| Bottom line | From its public pages, Asana’s Starter plan includes the most for day-to-day work: unlimited rules, free guests and timelines. Security controls, data residency and HIPAA start on Enterprise or Enterprise+. | From its public pages, ClickUp lists the lowest price for 25 people here and the most open free plan, with guests on Unlimited. Security and admin controls sit on Enterprise, which keeps its team-control score lower. | From its public pages, Jira gives the most here on its entry paid plan: compliance controls, free guests and the lowest listed price for 25 people. Budget for Atlassian Guard if you need SAML SSO. | From its public pages, monday dev puts sprints, bug tracking and free viewers on its cheapest plan. It has no free plan, and guests, automations and security controls start on higher plans, which is what lowers its score. |
Evidence: Asana: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; ClickUp: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; Jira: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run; monday dev: facts checked 2026-10-15 from its public sign-up and pricing pages, no completed hands-on run. Prices in USD as listed, excluding tax. "–" means not recorded.
When to pick each
In the words of each review, with the date its facts were checked.
From our Asana review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick Asana when
- You want unlimited automation rules, and projects that reach beyond engineering.
- Pick Jira when
- You need data residency, a BAA or audit logs on a self-serve plan, or a free plan for up to 10 users.
From our ClickUp review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick ClickUp when
- You want the lowest listed price for 25 people, a free plan without a member cap, and docs and chat in the same tool.
- Pick Jira when
- You need data residency, a self-serve HIPAA BAA or audit logs without an enterprise contract.
From our ClickUp review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick ClickUp when
- You want guests and automation on a plan that costs $7 per user billed yearly, billed per user without seat steps.
- Pick Asana when
- You want unlimited automation rules on the entry paid plan.
From our ClickUp review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick ClickUp when
- You want a free plan, guests on the cheapest paid plan and per-user billing without seat buckets.
- Pick monday dev when
- You want unlimited free viewers on the cheapest paid plan and an admin export of every board with its files.
From our Jira review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick Jira when
- You want software issue tracking with compliance controls on the entry plan and a free plan for up to 10 users.
- Pick Asana when
- You want unlimited automation rules on the entry plan and tasks shared beyond engineering.
From our monday dev review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick monday dev when
- Read-only stakeholders should not take a seat, and you want sprints and a wiki on the cheapest plan.
- Pick Jira when
- You need a free plan, data residency, a self-serve BAA or audit logs without an enterprise contract.
From our monday dev review
Checked Oct 15, 2026- Pick monday dev when
- You want unlimited free viewers and an export of every board with its files.
- Pick ClickUp when
- You want a free plan, guests on the cheapest paid plan and per-user billing without buckets.
Entry price
Baseline: each product's cheapest paid plan, per month. Included usage differs, so read the line under each price.
- AsanaStarter$10.99/user/moBilled annually ($13.49 billed monthly); seats added in steps
- Timeline and Gantt views
- Unlimited automation rules, forms, custom fields
- Unlimited free guests
- Google and Microsoft SSO
- ClickUpUnlimited$7/user/moBilled yearly ($10 billed monthly)
- Unlimited storage, Spaces and integrations
- Guests with permission control
- 500 active rules, 1,000 automation executions
- Gantt charts, time tracking, goals
- JiraStandard$9.70/user/moBilled monthly at 25 users; annual by user tier: $2,450 a year for 16–25 users
- 400 automation steps per user a month
- Free guests, user roles and permissions
- Data residency and site audit logs
- 250 GB storage, business-hours support
- monday devBasic$9/seat/moBilled annually ($12 billed monthly); seat buckets from 3
- Unlimited items, boards and free viewers
- Sprints, backlogs, bug tracking, wiki
- Capacity planning, daily stand-up, AI sprint summary
- 5 GB storage, API (1,000 calls a day)
Prices as listed on each pricing page, in USD per month, excluding tax. Observed: Asana 2026-10-15, ClickUp 2026-10-15, Jira 2026-10-15, monday dev 2026-10-15.
Which one fits
- If you need to start today without a sales call
- JiraSelf-serve sign-up, no card needed; the highest score of the 4 self-serve products here (8.7/10).
- If you want to try it without entering a card
- JiraFree plan, no card needed; scored 8.7/10.
- Lowest starter price
- ClickUp$7/user/mo for the Unlimited (billed yearly) plan.
- Highest overall score
- Jira8.7/10 (Excellent). The review shows the score breakdown and the run behind it.
Picked by fixed rules from the table above, not by hand. How we score